Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Roxbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roxbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Roxbury
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Roxbury:
- 43.249435, -89.675400
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Roxbury
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Dane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dane County
- Since Roxbury is near Sauk County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sauk County
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Roxbury ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Roxbury.
Within Wisconsin, the name Roxbury is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Roxbury is located in Fairfield County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the east of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Roxbury.
- Litchfield County
- This Roxbury is located in Litchfield County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km] to the east of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Roxbury.
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Roxbury is located in Howard County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Roxbury.
- Washington County
- This Roxbury is located in Washington County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Roxbury.
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Delaware County
- This Roxbury is located in Delaware County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the east of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Roxbury.
- Queens County
- This Roxbury is located in Queens County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km] to the east of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Roxbury.
- Nova Scotia
- This Roxbury lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- This Roxbury is located in Cambria County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Roxbury.
- Cumberland County
- This Roxbury is located in Cumberland County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Roxbury.
- Franklin County
- This Roxbury is located in Franklin County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Roxbury.
- Somerset County
- This Roxbury is located in Somerset County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km] to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Roxbury.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Roxbury lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Charles City County
- This Roxbury is located in Charles City County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Roxbury that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles City County community of Roxbury.
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Roxbury [Henrico County].
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roxbury ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Cross Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Dane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Harmony Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Lake Wisconsin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Lutheran Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lutheran Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Hill
- Lutheran Hill is located in Dane County
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Moon Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
How Far From Roxbury to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Roxbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roxbury and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Roxbury to Madison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,826 miles [7,766.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roxbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roxbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roxbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2494, Longitude: -89.6754 In this case, the coordinates for Roxbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Roxbury could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Roxbury to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.803 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.083 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.206 degrees. |